The mainstream press have to kowtow to clubs or life inside media rooms can become …uncomfortable. Which is why such a massive confusion exists these days about what constitutes a ‘professional’ journalist.
Being afraid to tell the truth is fundamentally unprofessional in an industry that supposedly deals in facts and opinion.
Daniel Levy’s reputation as a fierce negotiator is a myth that has been blown to pieces such a long time ago now.
Tough negotiators bring home the bacon. They get a good deal done.
Our man at the commercial rights helm is a perennial time-waster who does not get good deals done. Levy is our Theresa May.
Back and forth, back and forth, busy bee busy bee… achieving nothing. Indeed Levy is the very epitome of a bad deal being worse than no deal at all.
All clubs buy lemons, but goodness me, Levy’s spreadsheet punts could fill several Halls of Fame Infamy.
Verbal agreements mean sweet FA to Shopping Centre Supremo, yet history refutes Matt Law’s toadying.
Carrick, Berbatov, Modric, Bale and Walker all agreed terms before Levy buckled and sold each and every one of them.
Slavery was abolished in England in 1833 and players aren’t left to ‘rot in the reserves’ – if indeed they ever were.
If Eriksen wants out – his unpredictable form suggests he does – then out he will go.